Nu Zhen Zi
Ligustri Lucidi Fructus
bitter, sweet, cool
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Yin
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Dizziness
- Visual floaters
- Low back pain
- Tinnitus
- Premature greying of hair
- Loss of vision
Nu Zhen Zi is bitter, sweet, and cool. It enters the liver and kidney systems to treat deficiency of yin that affects eye function, hearing, and balance. It is used in longevity medicine to prevent greying of hair and can lubricate the intestines to treat mild constipation.
Channels: liver, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Age related loss of hearing
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Loss of vision due to aging
- Superficial visual floaters
- Sleep disorders
- Palpitations of the heart
- Circulation
Formulas:
- Er Zhi Wan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Nu Zhen Zi to patients that present with diarrhea due to poor digestive function
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